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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel |OT| Class Warfare
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iRAWRasaurus
Banned
Welp sorry to disappoint you..just wait for it and keep playing.
Domination is in a trap chest later in the chapter
in Garrelia Fortress
Se7enSword
Banned
You're quite close to it.
You can find it in chapter 5, Garrelia Fortress.
Made it to Chapter 2. Some of the boss fights in this game are massive difficulty spikes, at least compared to the normal battles which tend to be embarrassingly easy. Game is an alright time waster but I'm not particularly enraptured with it. It's just missing something that I can't put my finger on.
Getting sick of the way the game is handling the commoners/nobles dynamic, which is basically with no subtlety at all. Characters like Patrick might as well be introduced twirling their mustaches. The game is slowly developing its cast but Emma, Gaius and Fie remain blank slates and both Jusis and Machias are solely defined by their conflict, which was old two hours in, much less ten.
I'm actually going to say that this prediction might be wrong.
They've said no such thing. They just announced that Sen III is in development. That's it. No console, no date.
The noble/commoner dynamic starts to develop more in the following chapters. There's a sidequest in chapter 3 that handled it pretty well, and it gets better from there. The game is definitely pretty heavy-handed in the beginning (something I disliked).
Both boss fights in chapter 5 so far have been very fast acting. Even with 2 speed buffs the boss during the field study got a lot of turns. I'm sure I could've beaten it regularly, but I decided to just use Emma and Laura's S-Craft back to back and RIP he was dead.
Cool dungeon though.
Cool dungeon though.
Pellegri Testament
Member
Few things of note after finishing the game.
Rean seems to be a more typical rpg Jesus character, something that I was glad that they didn't end up doing with Estelle. Hoping he has a bit more to him than that in the sequel.
Not sure if that final scene changes depending on who you brought to the dance, but it's clear where Alisa stands in potential relationships, not sure why 2 apparently lets you choose. Hopefully that is actually developed if you do choose her and it's not just Rean still being oblivious.
Crow's identity became really obvious as soon as they said he was going to the capitol at the end. They actually did a decent job at keeping that one hidden by having him show up as himself in all those scenes.
Sharon being an enforcer was pretty clear once it became known that her and Sara had a past and that she seemed to know exactly what you were doing at all times.
No way is Osbourne dead when they always made him out to be full of secrets, especially when it came to Rean.
Not sure if that final scene changes depending on who you brought to the dance, but it's clear where Alisa stands in potential relationships, not sure why 2 apparently lets you choose. Hopefully that is actually developed if you do choose her and it's not just Rean still being oblivious.
Crow's identity became really obvious as soon as they said he was going to the capitol at the end. They actually did a decent job at keeping that one hidden by having him show up as himself in all those scenes.
Sharon being an enforcer was pretty clear once it became known that her and Sara had a past and that she seemed to know exactly what you were doing at all times.
No way is Osbourne dead when they always made him out to be full of secrets, especially when it came to Rean.
skLaFarebear
Member
Chapter 1
Damn, Rean is a bum? Laura shut him down quick lol.
Edit: And they made up again!....I think? This is weird.
Edit: And they made up again!....I think? This is weird.
Are you talking about who reacts to the very end when Valimar takes off? It has to do with whoever you dance with at the festival but Alisa's dance is the only one where either one is so overt about their feelings.
Nightengale
Member
iRAWRasaurus
Banned
I didnt like how Rean is pretty much a Gary Stu but meh moving on. IMO Alisa is "canon" romance character if there going to be one. Also enjoyed how you got to know Crow before he reveals his identity as C. But as I mention before, just assuming how anime tropes this game can be. I really really do not want the "Power of friendship" tropes thats seen in many shonen anime to come up. I mean you got the OP good guy MC, his "harem", etc so I am hoping I am wrong. And I dont believe Osbourne is dead as well. Hell if G shows up again it wouldnt surprise me.
Final boss on Nightmare.
I keep coming really close but having to rely on the counters being a 50/50 chance is just leaving things too close, Crow does so much damage I just can't kill him before I run out of resources.
Nevermind, I got him. I feel like this fight is entirely luck on Nightmare. Really wasn't fun.
Nevermind, I got him. I feel like this fight is entirely luck on Nightmare. Really wasn't fun.
YianGaruga
Banned
I consider myself straight, but Rufus is making me question everything
Basileus777
Member
Does anyone know who voices Laura's dad?
YianGaruga
Banned
Really? The game looks native to me
also quoting things reveals spoilers, shouldn't have done that lol
Pellegri Testament
Member
They (the students iirc) asked it like, right at the beginning of the game when they introduce them as such, and Sara shrugs it off.
Man, when that music starts playing and his bishounen self shows up...
Yo. Dude has some mad swagger.
It is? I interpreted it as the next class, one separated from the first five classes.
Or to throw in a crackpot theory, the significance of the number seven in the series.
I was just referring to
Crow and whoever else being part of a test drive for the concept.
Just finished Chapter 5. I NEED to be able to see the events from the Crossbell side one day.
Chaos2Frozen
Member
Yes in the beginning, but meeting the progenitor of the entire program in Chapter 4, you would think Rean would have brought it up again @_@
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
I was just being cynical. If I were to make a real prediction, I'd be surprised if it came out in 2016, and if it does, it will probably be towards the tail end of the year. Who knows, though.
Phoenix944
Member
I'll start the game next week. Any missable stuff I should look out for ? Like side quest or events.
Sithlord77
Banned
Virtually every second of the game has missable stuff if you're going for trophies. You only visit locations once and can never go back. Events in town only happen once on certain days. People are at certain locations on certain days. It's impossible to do everything without a guide.
Nightengale
Member
When Ys VIII got delayed to summer 16, I kinda expected that their next Trails title ( being CS3) which imo was probably planned for fall 16 probably got pushed to 2017 as well.
Just hoping it's early 2017.
BassForever
Member
There is a pretty good largely spoiler free platinum guide, you will need it if you have any intention of getting 100% / platinum in this game
DrROBschiz
Member
YankeeDonB
Member
In chapter 6 now, my go-to team has more or less crystallized as Rean (speed and interruption and good power), Laura (physical domination), Emma (crowd control), Elliot (healing), and Alisa (CP battery).
I like Fie, but she feels redundant w/ Rean, like Jusis but he's not good enough at any one thing, and like Gaius, but he's really a tank, and I don't need one. Machias don't care for (although petrify special is something).
As for other characters,
I like Fie, but she feels redundant w/ Rean, like Jusis but he's not good enough at any one thing, and like Gaius, but he's really a tank, and I don't need one. Machias don't care for (although petrify special is something).
As for other characters,
Millium and Crow are meh, Sara is great, but I don't know if she's going to be a regular, and who I really want in my team is the Radiant Blademaster, jaunty captain's hat and all.
Phoenix944
Member
Eww, not a fan of this. I guess I'll use a guide in my second playthrough.
DrROBschiz
Member
Interesting
People using Laura is a no brainer but you can honestly swap characters in an out willy nilly after that since they can all be specced to ridiculous levels
I personally love using Rean, Laura, Jusis and Machias.
Rean has Taurus and starts every fight with Motivate. Followed by the broken Noble Command (triple buff for 25 CP?!) and then Have Laura do her thing and Machias for Support with Debuffs and healing.
Its crazy. The bosses are actually harder the more turns you give them so the game almost encourages you to DPS rush everything... and gives you the tools to do so
BassForever
Member
If you love this when you're finished go check out trails in the sky fc/sc on steam/psn as they're just as great as this.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I'm all about that Rean/Laura/Fie/Alisa so far. Alisa handles healing and CP refills. The rest just hammer out the moves. Elliot is a good backup healer.
"Class six, fittingly titled.. Class seven."
Lmao
Still won't be able to get more than maybe an hour into it today, so maybe TOMORROW's the day. Either way, before I start, I remember reading about breaking the game with some orb. Speed, or something? Anyone mind elaborating on this? The battle system does seem like it'd be a lot more enjoyable than TiTS's was... But still. Breaking JRPGs is fun.
Lmao
Still won't be able to get more than maybe an hour into it today, so maybe TOMORROW's the day. Either way, before I start, I remember reading about breaking the game with some orb. Speed, or something? Anyone mind elaborating on this? The battle system does seem like it'd be a lot more enjoyable than TiTS's was... But still. Breaking JRPGs is fun.
YianGaruga
Banned
Apparently stacking evade is broken. In chapter 3 now and I haven't had an opportunity to make it really broken though
BassForever
Member
Yeah Rean/Laura/Fie seem to be my main 3 for the hardest fights though I use everyone evenly. Dunno who to use for my 4th everyone is useful/great at times.
Related spoiler:
It is absolutely luck on Nightmare. Nightmare tends to be this way sometimes.
DrROBschiz
Member
Stacking most stats is broken lol
You can build most characters into monsters with the right quartz combos
YankeeDonB
Member
This is totally true. With some tweaking you can come up w/ a ton of highly functional approaches (and yeah, Jusis' 25 cp buff is great).
My team makeup is really one part character preference and one part simplicity. My Emma is set up w/ MP regenerate and pretty much no one else casts, so I don't have to worry about that. Alisa keeps everyone's CP topped up, so I don't have to worry about rationing crafts, and Elliot's healing is almost entirely craft-based for me, so I don't have to worry about that. It's basically a fairly broken but very lazy way to deal w/ the game!
DrROBschiz
Member
yeah there really is a huge amount of build variety even if so little of the game actually demands it
There are a handful of bosses that force your hand but its an otherwise easy game
YankeeDonB
Member
No doubt. I kind of like it, as it reminds me of some of my favorite classic jRPGs (e.g., FF6) where the game is easy, but there are a lot of creative ways to super-power your characters. It's sort of like a low-stress jrpg battle chemistry set or something.
DrROBschiz
Member
For sure
I have no issues with the casual fun im having. I still tinker with my character even though I could probably slog through doing the bare minimum
Shouta
Member
I always assumed that they were named Class VII as a way of being outside the current system. 3 grade levels, split between Noble and Commoner = 6. Class VII is one that's regardless of background and even grade level later.
Been awhile since i played the first game though, lol.
Been awhile since i played the first game though, lol.
DrROBschiz
Member
So I just watched a translated video of the 3RD prologue
Holy shit are all these games connected! What a damn shame that we had to jump 3 games to get to Cold Steel
Just in that prologue ALONE there are so many revelations and connections!
Holy shit are all these games connected! What a damn shame that we had to jump 3 games to get to Cold Steel
Just in that prologue ALONE there are so many revelations and connections!
bishopcruz
Member
There are 2 grade levels, first and second year, and five regular classes. Two of the classes are for nobles, and three are for commoners. I think classes III-V are bigger than classes I and II as well.
I can see wanting to separate from the other classes, though I do also find it interesting that Class VII was only comprised of first years.
The other classes are only broken up by birth, Class I-V are comprised of both first and second years.